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Helen
Point Whidbey, west of Coffin Bay, between the heads
Helen was a cutter built in 1950 and lost on 29/03/1974. On 29 March 1974, the crayfishing vessel Helen, with the owner Richard Stendt aboard, was about half a mile off a reef between the headlands of Point Whidbey, west of Coffin Bay. At 3.00 pm, a craypot line became entangled around the propeller. The engin
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPoint Whidbey, west of Coffin Bay, between the heads
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1974
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; On 29 March 1974, the crayfishing vessel Helen, with the owner Richard Stendt aboard, was about half a mile off a reef between the headlands of Point Whidbey, west of Coffin Bay. At 3.00 pm, a craypot line became entangled around the propeller. The engin
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